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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Shuck \Shuck\ (sh[u^]k), n. A shock of grain. [Prev. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Shuck \Shuck\, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.] 1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut. [1913 Webster]

    2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shucking.] 1. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc. [1913 Webster]

    2. To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.]

    "Shucking" his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water. --F. A. Ober.

    He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony. --Pall Mall Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]